More often than not, we name a chef to represent the nuts-and-bolts of a restaurant. 'chef So-and-So's exciting new venture just opened in the Village,' we enthuse. Maybe, maybe not. Every restaurant needs someone with a checkbook as well as a vision — negotiating a lease, settling the contracts, buying...

"I never wanted to be a solo artist. I had no interest in it. I wanted to be the guy in a cool band, but it didn't turn out that way," says singer/songwriter David Poe. "I had started around six bands that all broke up, so I became a solo...

Migos knows how to make an entrance. The rap group breaks the humdrum lobby of the Dream Midtown by walking in — gliding in, actually — on a neon blue Oxbord. “Ay. You that writer with a cold?” Quavo suspiciously asks, while gingerly balancing himself on the Segway-like scooter. Guilty...

Here's the thing about covering the music of another artist: It's completely and totally mortifying when it doesn't go perfectly and said musician is sitting in the venue watching the disaster unfold. This happened with Forro in the Dark the first time they tried out the material from Forro Zinho...

Let it be known that the world is a trap house. Future epitomized this with “Trap Niggas,” which uses the hook’s character sketch — a go-getter who acknowledges lethal steel and lady luck over hygiene and a god — and turns it into an anthem where spiritual awareness and capitalist...